Holder for nursing bottles



Oct. 23, 1928.

Filed Nov. 10, 1926 IN VENTOR 26a) Y/wa 8 A ORNE Y ing bottle.

Patented Oct. 23, 1928.

UNITED STATES 'PATE MANUEL VERAS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.-

. HOLDER ron NURsInG BOTTLES.

Application filed November 10, 1926. Serial No. 147,541.

This invention relates to holders for nursing bottles arranged with aclamp to releasably mount the same upon a support, such as a babycarriage, chair or crib and when clamped to the support adapted to beadjusted to variable positions upon its clamping support, and it is theobject of the invention to provide a holder for this purpose which issimple and compact in structure, readily a'd justableand efficient inuse.

In carrying out the invention I provide an arm embodying longitudinallyadjustable or extensible sections adapted to be secured in adjustedposition with a bottle support pivotally connected to the end of one ofsaid arm sections and means to'connect the arm at the end of the othersection to aclamp to have adjustment about and transverse to its axis,and it is a further object of the invention to provide an improvedbottle support to adapt it to conform to different shapes of bottles, tomeans for pivotally mounting the bottle support upon the arm whereby itis yieldingly retained in adjusted position, to improved means forconnecting the arm to the clamp, and to an improved constructed andarranged clamp to mount the holder upon a support.

In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specificationFigurel is an elevational view of my improved holder for nursingbottles, showing the same clamped or mounted upon a support and holdinga nurs- Figure 2 is a View on an enlarged scale taken on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1 looking in the direction of the arrow to show the arrangementof the bottle support and the manner of pivotally mounting it upon onearm section.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the clamp support, the same being partlyin section to show the mounting of the arm thereon to have adjustmentabout and transversely to the axis of the arm.

Figure 4 1s a perspective new of one of i the jaws of the clamp support;and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one end portion of a member of thebottle support and one of the members for supporting the same upon thearm, the parts being shown in disassembled relation.

In the embodiment illustrated I provide an extensible or' longitudinallyadjustable arm comprising a vrod 6 to telescope into a tubular member 7and adapted to be releasably secured in adjusted position by a thumbscrew 8 threaded'into an opening in a collar 9 fixedto the-end of thetube and impinging against the rod within the tube.

A support for a bottle B is pivotally mounted on one endof the rod tohave adjustment on an axis transverse of the rod and comprises a pairofstrips 10 of curved form with one end bent laterally and the extremityreduced in width and perforated, as shown at 11 in Figure 5, said stripsbeing mounted on the end of'rod 6 by a pair of angle members or brackets12 by engaging the re'-' duced ends 11 of the strips incorrespondinglyformed perforations 12' in one angle portion of saidmembers withthe perforation in said reduced strip ends in alined andspaced relation with a perforation 13 in the other angle portion, asshown in Figure 2, the angle portion of the brackets 12 having theperforation 13 being juxtaposed at opposite 1 same may be shaped toconform to the shape of bottles of various form. A cushioning material18 is arranged upon the inner surface of the strips comprising a ribbonor strip of fabric, such as felt, and secured to the strips 10 by rivetsor eyelets 19.

To releasably'mount the holder upon a support, shown in a conventionalmanner at S in Figure 1, and constitute a part of a crib, baby carriageor chair, a clamp is provided as shown in Figure 3 and comprising a pairof members 20, 21 formed of sheet metal to arrange the same withoppositely disposed perforated ears 22 and 23 pivotally connected byengaging the cars 22 over the cars 23 and passing a headed screw 24through the ear perforations from onev side and threading a nut 25 onthe end. The clamp member-20 is arranged with two pairs of pivotperforaat one side of the pivot support are arranged as jaws 26, 27 forengaging and gripping opposite sides of the support S. To move thejawsto and retain them in support grip-' screw abutting against the otherclamp member the jaws will be moved in a direction toward each other orsupport clamping position and will be held against spreading movement,and to release the jaws the screw is rotated in reverse direction .toscrew it outward away from and out of abutting relation to the clampmember 21.

The bottle support carrying arm is mounted on the clamp to haveadjustment about the longitudinal axis of the arm and transverselythereof and adapted to be secured in adjusted position. For this purposethe end of the clamping member 21 opposite the jaw is extended beyondthe end of the other clamp member and formed to tubular shape, as shownat 29, for the rotatable engagement of the reduced end 30 of a connectorfor the arm,

- the connector being retained in the part 29 by a thumb screw 31threaded into said member engaging in an annular recess 32 in thereduced connector end. By loosening this screw the connector may berotated in or removed from the part 29, and by tightening the screw theconnector is held against movement. To mount the arm upon the connectorto have adjustment on a transverse axis the opposite end of theconnector is arranged with a bifurcation 33 the opposite legs of whichhave ali'ned perforations. A block 34 is fixed in the end of the tubulararm section 7 and has a perforated flattened portion 35 for engagementin the bifurcation 33 and pivotally mounted therein by a thumb screw 36passing through the perforations in one bifurcation legand the plug 34and threaded into'the other bifurcation leg. By loosening the screw thearm may be adjusted about the same and by tightening up on the screw thearm will be clamped in adjusted position. To

prevent the jaws from marring the support to which the holder may beclamped the inner faces of the jaws'are provided with a cushioningmaterial 37, such as-a stri of fabric or felt secured to the jaws byrivets for overlapping engagement with the ears of the other lever, abolt engaged in the perforations of the overlapped lever ears topivotally connect the levers, a thumb screw threaded into an openingatthe end of one lever opposite the jaw to have adjustment in adirection transverse to the pivotal connection of the levers with theend of the screw adapted to abut the end of the other lever opposite thejaw to position the lever jaws relative to each other for securing theclamp in support engaging position, and the end of the other leveropposite the jaw end arranged with an extended tubular portion, and acoupling member having pivotal connection with the bottleclamp carryingrod mounted in the tubular extension of the lever end for adjust mentabout the axis of said tubular extension.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, this 15th day of October, 1926.

' MANUEL VERAS.

